Section 12 AAC 16.037 - National examination requirements(a) To satisfy the examination requirements of AS 08.20.120(a)(6), an applicant must successfully pass each subject of the following parts of the examination of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners and the elective physiotherapy examination: (1) if the applicant graduated before 1987 from a school or college of chiropractic that meets the requirements of AS 08.20.120(a)(3), parts one and two of the national examination;(2) if the applicant graduated after 1986 from a school or college of chiropractic that meets the requirements of AS 08.20.120(a)(3), parts one, two, and three of the national examination.(b) An applicant who has been in the active practice of chiropractic for five continuous years before the date of application for a license in this state may substitute successful passage of the Special Purposes Examination of Chiropractic (SPEC) of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners for parts three and four of the national examination.(c) To pass a national examination subject, an applicant must achieve a minimum score of (1) 75 percent for an examination taken before October 1983; or(2) 375 for an examination taken on or after October 1983.(d) If the applicant graduated after September 1, 1998, from a school or college of chiropractic that meets the requirements of AS 08.20.120(a)(3), in addition to the requirements of (a) of this section, an applicant must also pass part four of the national examination.Eff. 2/21/97, Register 141; am 12/7/97, Register 144; am 5/10/98, Register 146; am 2/23/2020, Register 233, April 2020; am 9/25/2022, Register 243, October 2022Authority:AS 08.20.055
AS 08.20.120
AS 08.20.130